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[Jacks]

Is this road legal to use on a mini Sportex Centre Exit Single Silencer Exhaust System - 2'' Single Tailpipe

[Jordie]

What year is your car?

 

Ofcourse, you dont need a cat if your car pre-dates the cat introduction (1992 onwards generally, not specifically minis)

 

If your car had a cat from new, then it should be fitted. You will fail an mot for not having a cat and really you are in breach of the law.

[lukepilot]

Balls the mini I'm getting is '94 ;)

[Simon@minispares.com]

Balls the mini I'm getting is '94 ;)

Carb or injection?

[Jacks]

Carb but its a strength threw pipe will it pass an mot

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Edited by Jacks, 25 February 2014 - 09:17 PM.

[Jordie]

My comment ref 1992 onwards, was generic, not specifically minis.

[Dusky]

Should have a cat I think, cars are prohibited ( I think this is the right word for it) to have a cat since 1992 in belgium..

[lukepilot]

 

Balls the mini I'm getting is '94 ;)

Carb or injection?

 

Sprite SPI :/

[Guess-Works.com]

If it left the factory with a cat, then at the next MOT it needs to be presented with a cat fitted, without its a straight fail.

[Jacks]

Ok thanks

[AVV IT]

If it left the factory with a cat, then at the next MOT it needs to be presented with a cat fitted, without its a straight fail.

It's only a straight fail if the car was fitted with a CAT when it left the factory AND the car is required to pass a full CAT emissions test. (Which only fuel injection models are). If the car isn't required to pass a full CAT emissions test (which no carb mini is), then according to the MOT regs the tester isn't required to check for the presence of a catalytic converter in the first place.

I have had this verified by three different MOT inspectors and my decated 93 carb model, had passed every MOT since the change in regs about the need for a CAT if one was fitted as standard was brought in. The change in regs has been widely misinterpreted though (even amongst MOT inspectors) so you need to find an MOT inspector who understands how the regs need to be applied to older cars.

[silve1999]

most people i know who have mpi, spi, cat pipes use a cat for mot purposes and fit a decat pipe the rest of the year....

[minisilverbullet]

most people i know who have mpi, spi, cat pipes use a cat for mot purposes and fit a decat pipe the rest of the year....

But really what is the benefit of removing the CAT? 1 horsepower? 

 

I could easily sacrifice that, in place of having to climb under an oily mini twice a year and fight with rusty seized bolts. 

[Midas Mk1]

 

most people i know who have mpi, spi, cat pipes use a cat for mot purposes and fit a decat pipe the rest of the year....

But really what is the benefit of removing the CAT? 1 horsepower? 

 

I could easily sacrifice that, in place of having to climb under an oily mini twice a year and fight with rusty seized bolts. 

 

Makes quite abit difference on MPi's. Well it freed up mine quite abit anyway, alot more responsive at 60-90.

[silve1999]

 

most people i know who have mpi, spi, cat pipes use a cat for mot purposes and fit a decat pipe the rest of the year....

But really what is the benefit of removing the CAT? 1 horsepower? 

 

I could easily sacrifice that, in place of having to climb under an oily mini twice a year and fight with rusty seized bolts. 

 

not my preference I prefer carb and no need for a cat....

 

think most people do it for the extra noise rather than the bhp  to be honest